Guidelines for Writing Matching Type Test Items 1. Provide clear instructions on how to indicate the correct answers.

2. Indicate whether the same response can be used more than once. 3. Maintain grammatical consistency within and between columns. 4. Ensure that any matching question appears entirely on one page. 5. Make sure lists are homogeneous. i.e., do not include items testing names, dates, and events. Instead, make every response plausible 6. Provide an unequal number of premises and responses reduces guessing and elimination increases measure of comprehension

Example: Matching Type Test Items Directions: 1. On the line to the left of each phrase in Column I, write the letter for the word in Column II that best matches the phrase. 2. Each word in Column II may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Column I ___ 1. Name of the answer in addition problems. ___ 2. Name of the answer in subtraction problems. ___ 3. Name of the answer in multiplication problems. ___ 4. Name of the answer in division problems. E. Sum D. Product C. Multiplicand B. Quotient Column II A. Difference